Site-Wide Effort Begins to Remove Spring Valley Buried Munitons

Crews working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have begun efforts in the field on the first properties identified for further investigation to mitigate potential unacceptable explosive hazards due to munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) that may remain within the Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site.  This work will occur at 91 out of the ~1,600 Spring Valley properties and 12 government-owned lots.  All property owners involved in this effort have been notified during the planning process for this effort ... The work at the properties, part of what is called the Site-Wide Remedial Action, involves working closely with property owners to coordinate for crews to map accessible portions of their lots for metallic anomalies buried underground.  Crews are then using state-of-the-art Advanced Classification technology to locate and remove selected anomalies that are determined to resemble munitions.  The work at all 91 properties and 12 government-owned lots is expected to take approximately three years to complete.
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June 2018: Vol. 19, No. 1